Excursions across Almaty and Almaty area (Kazakhstan)

Excursions across Almaty and Almaty area

Almaty Sightseeing tour:

with visit of Panfilov park, Saint-VVoznesenskiy cathedral and further excursion to Medeo. It was constructed in 1972 in the gorge of the same name, 15 km from the city. «Medeo» is called «factory of records» as for 33 years on ice of a high-mountain skating rink 126 world records were established. Unique feature of the skating rink located at the height of 1700 m, in the permitted air and high quality of the ice, being provided with clear mountain water without impurity of salts. Above sport center there is the mudstream protection dike and the mountain-skiing complex «Chimbulak».

Lifting on a cableway to Chimbulak (2station – in total 40min one way) — by request of the client. Return to the city. Excursion duration — 5 hours

TRIP TO CHARYN

Departure to the Charyn canyon, one of the exotic places to walk. Kazakh says that it is the small brother of the Grand canyon in America. The Charyn canyon goes along the river of the same name and lies around to the east of the city, close to the border to China. Huge rock formations greet the visitors every day. The age of the gulch is estimated as more than 12 million years. The gulch reaches about 150m height. The most interesting part is the valley of the "castles " which length and width here is 20m, has traces of the ice age. A great variety of flora and fauna is presented in Charyn. More than 1500 botanical species, 17 of them are critically endangered, can be found there. More than 60 mammals, more than 100 brood birds and 25 kinds of reptiles make Charyn as a home.

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